Proper noun
Wallacea
A group of mainly Indonesian islands separated by deep water straits from the Asian and Australian continental shelves.
Biogeographical Biogeographically, Oceania is used as a synonym for either the Australasian ecozone ( Wallacea and Australasia ) or the Pacific ecozone (Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia apart either from New Zealand or from mainland New Guinea ). Source: Internet
Sumba is within the Wallacea ecozone, having a mixture of plants and animals of Asian and Australasian origin. Source: Internet
The islands between Java/Borneo and Papua form a mixed zone, where both types occur, known as Wallacea. Source: Internet
This ecoregion is part of the Wallacea area with a mixture of plants and animals of Asian and Australasian origin; it lies in the western part of Wallacea, in which Asian species predominate. Source: Internet